2021 Emperor's Cup final

The 2021 Emperor's Cup final was the final of the 2021 Emperor's Cup, the 92nd edition of the Emperor's Cup.

2021 Emperor's Cup final

2021年天皇杯決勝 (in Japanese)
Event	2021 Emperor's Cup
Urawa Red Diamonds Oita Trinita 2 1
Date	19 December 2021
Venue	Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
← 2020 2022 →

The match was contested at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

Teams

Team	League	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Urawa Red Diamonds	J1 League	11 (1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2018)
Oita Trinita	J1 League	0

Road to the final

Further information: 2021 Emperor's Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds		Round	Oita Trinita
Opponent	Result	2021 Emperor's Cup	Opponent	Result
Bye		First round	Bye
Kataller Toyama (J3)	3–2	Second round	Honda Lock SC (JFL)	3–2
SC Sagamihara (J2)	1–0	Third round	Fukui United FC (HFL)	2–0
Kyoto Sanga FC (J2)	1–0	Fourth round	Thespakusatsu Gunma (J2)	2–1
Gamba Osaka (J1)	2–0	Quarterfinals	Júbilo Iwata (J2)	2–0
Cerezo Osaka (J1)	2–0	Semifinals	Kawasaki Frontale (J1)	1–1

Format

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, would it necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

Details

19 December 2021 (2021-12-19)

14:04 JST

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Oita Trinita
Esaka 6' Makino 90+3'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA) (in Japanese)	Pereira 90'

Japan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Attendance: 57,785

Referee: Yusuke Araki

Urawa Red Diamonds

Oita Trinita

GK 1 Shūsaku Nishikawa (c) DF 2 Hiroki Sakai DF 4 Takuya Iwanami DF 28 Alexander Scholz DF 15 Takahiro Akimoto MF 41 Takahiro Sekine  83' MF 17 Atsuki Ito MF 29 Kai Shibato MF 18 Yoshio Koizumi  83' FW 33 Ataru Esaka FW 7 Kasper Junker  72' Substitutes: GK 12 Zion Suzuki DF 3 Tomoya Ugajin  72' DF 5 Tomoaki Makino  90+5'  83' DF 8 Daigo Nishi MF 21 Tomoaki Ōkubo  83' MF 24 Koya Yuruki MF 40 Yūichi Hirano Manager: Ricardo Rodríguez

GK 1 Shun Takagi (c) DF 3 Yuto Misao  90+2' DF 14 Henrique Trevisan DF 15 Yuta Koide  79' MF 6 Yuki Kobayashi MF 8 Yamato Machida MF 11 Hokuto Shimoda MF 25 Seigo Kobayashi  72' MF 31 Pereira  82' FW 13 Kohei Isa  79' FW 16 Arata Watanabe Substitutes: GK 22 William Popp DF 41 Ryosuke Tone MF 7 Rei Matsumoto  79' MF 10 Naoki Nomura  72' MF 17 Kenta Inoue MF 43 Masaki Yumiba FW 20 Shun Nagasawa  79' Manager: Tomohiro Katanosaka